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flu·id / ˈfloōid/ • n. a substance that has no fixed shape and yields easily to external pressure; a gas or (esp.) a liquid: we all need several glasses of fluid a day | a cleaning fluid. • adj. (of a substance) able to flow easily: the paint is more fluid than tube watercolors a fluid medium. ∎ not settled or stable; likely or able to change: our plans are still fluid the fluid political situation of the 1930s. ∎ smoothly elegant or graceful: her movements were fluid and beautiful to watch. ∎ (of a clutch or coupling) using a liquid to transmit power. DERIVATIVES: flu·id·ic / ˈfloōˈidik/ adj. flu·id·i·ty / floōˈidətē/ n. flu·id·ly adv. |
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"fluid." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "fluid." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-fluid.html "fluid." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-fluid.html |
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fluid any substance that is able to flow. Of the four states of matter , only a solid is not a fluid, since it has a definite shape that is not readily changed. Any liquid , gas , or plasma is classed as a fluid. |
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"fluid." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "fluid." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-fluid.html "fluid." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-fluid.html |
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"fluid." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "fluid." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-fluid.html "fluid." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-fluid.html |
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fluid adj. XV; sb. XVII. — (O)F. fluide or L. fluidus, f. fluere flow; see -ID1.
Hence fluidity XVII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "fluid." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "fluid." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-fluid.html T. F. HOAD. "fluid." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-fluid.html |
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•amid, backslid, bid, did, forbid, grid, hid, id, kid, Kidd, lid, Madrid, mid, outbid, outdid, quid, rid, skid, slid, squid, underbid, yid
•scarabaeid • Aeneid • nereid
•spermatozoid
•Clwyd, Druid, fluid
•noctuid • rabid • carabid • ibid
•morbid • turbid • wretched
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"fluid." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "fluid." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-fluid.html "fluid." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-fluid.html |
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